August 1, 2018

There’s not much on the 100 Thousand Poets for Change calendar for 2018, but the date is set for this year’s global event: Saturday, September 29, and signups are open for local organizers.

Meanwhile, we noticed that Birmingham, Alabama, is well ahead of the curve and is teaming up with Glass: A Journal of Poetry to publish the work of poets selected from an open call. What’s happening where you write?

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July 24, 2018

Residents of Whatcom County are invited to submit a poem for the quarterly POEM BOOTH poetry contest. The winning poem will be displayed for three months in the Poem Booth located in downtown Bellingham outside the Community Food Co-op, next to the community board on Forest Street. The winning poet will receive $25 cash and a $25 gift certificate to the Community Food Co-op. Read the full guidelines and winning poems and other submissions, and learn more on the Poem Booth Bellingham website. Deadline is Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

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April 29, 2018

You could be as happy as Poem Booth winning poet Dayna Patterson (pictured above) if your poem is selected for framed display from June 1 to August 31, 2018, on the Forest Street side of the Community Food Co-op in downtown Bellingham. In addition to having their poem displayed, the winning poet will receive $25 cash and a $25 gift certificate to the Community Food Co-op.

Guidelines

Deadline: Sunday, May 20, 2018, by midnight

Submit poems to: poemboothbham@gmail.com

Format: one page maximum per poem, 12 point font, sent as a Word, PDF, or Note attachment via email

Please do not write your name or other recognizable information on your attached poem!

No computer? Mail your typed poem with a title and no other identifying information, plus a separate cover page with the title of the poem, your name, phone, mailing address, and email address, to Poem Booth, c/o Christen Mattix, 1133 Railroad Ave. #218, Bellingham, WA 98225.

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April 8, 2018

Poet and activist Sarah Zale has issued a call for poems about the death penalty. The deadline is July 1, 2018. Zale plans to publish a chapbook and hold a series of readings around the state, to be followed by a more extensive anthology. UPDATE: the deadline has been extended to September 1, 2018.

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March 30, 2018

It’s the clock ticking down to the deadline for submissions to the 2018 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest. If you’re a Whatcom County resident and you haven’t yet submitted your poem, you have until 6:00pm tomorrow, Saturday, March 31, to deliver it to Mindport Exhibits (note hours: Friday Noon-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm) OR Terra Organica (note hours: Friday 8am–8pm, Saturday 9am–8pm) OR by email (as a Word attachment) to BoyntonPoetryContest@hotmail.com. Late submissions will be disqualified; all submissions must conform to the guidelines.

The subject matter is Pacific Northwest rivers: “anything relating to your watershed” including oceans, animals, human interaction, forests, etc. “We especially love to see students express their personal connection to rivers.” Within the anthology, there is also a themed section: Celebrating the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and their ancestral and present-day relationships to rivers.

A conservation nonprofit, Honoring Our Rivers encourages stewardship of river watersheds and nurtures the next generation of civic and conservation leaders by engaging the creative capacities of youth. Learn more here.